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philological, collected there in 1908 and 1910. He now has about 260 
manuscript pages of text, besides a large vocabulary of this rapidly 
dying language. 
In the fall Dr. Swanton visited the Alabama Indians again, made 
further ethnological investigations, and recorded many pages of 
texts in the Alabama and Koasati languages, besides correcting some 
which had been previously taken down. A short trip was also made 
at this time to the Caddo Indians to determine the number of dialects 
still spoken among them. It was learned that the only two still in 
use are Nadako and Kadohadacho, which vary very little, although 
Fic. 48—West cabin, Chiaha busk ground. Photograph by Swanton. 
considerable is remembered of Natchitoches, and a number of Natchi- 
toches words were recorded. In December he began recording 
texts in the Hitchiti language, formerly spoken over most of southern 
Georgia, but now represented by only 20 or 30 speakers among the 
Creeks and Seminoles of Oklahoma, besides a few Seminoles still 
in Florida. Among the Creek Indians proper, most of his time was 
devoted to an investigation of the ancient town and clan organiza- 
tions, especially as those were represented in the annual ** green corn 
dance’ or “ busk.” Of the 40 or 50 towns originally constituting 
the Creek confederacy and observing this ceremony, 12 still carry 
it out in some form or other, but it is scarcely more than a shadow. 
Nevertheless, with the help of those old men who can remember the 
ceremonials as they existed before they were broken up by the 
